JUDGMENT

(Dated this the 14^th day of March 2025)

This petition challenges the order dated 17.07.2024 passed by the Court of the Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority, Thiruvananthapuram in LAR No. 298 of 2023 and I.A. No 2/2024.

2. The Petitioner, a mentally ill person, is represented by her court-appointed guardian, N. Chandradas, appointed by the 1^st Additional District Court, Thiruvananthapuram, vide order dated 31.05.2006 in O.P. (M.H.A) No. 155 of 2005. The Petitioner is the Claimant in LAR No. 298 of 2023, a land acquisition reference, under Section 77 (2) of the Right to Fair Compensation, Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 ("the Act”, for short), pending before the Land Acquisition Court. Petitioner's guardian, N. Chandradas, obtained sanction, vide order dated 04.10.2021 in IA No.1/21 of O.P. (M.H.A) No. 155 of 2005, from the 1^st Additional District Court, Thiruvananthapuram, to execute documents and agreements on her behalf.

3. The 1st Respondent herein, the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition), subsequently made a reference to the District Court, Thiruvananthapuram, vide Reference No. A1- 834/2023 dated 08.06.2023